Search capabilities for ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms stopped working on Thursday morning due to a widespread Microsoft outage. Users claimed that both Bing.com and DuckDuckGo were loading but neither were producing search results when a query was typed. Even Microsoft’s AI-powered Designer was not working or able to produce images.

Users were either greeted with a blank page or a 429 HTTP code error when they attempted to log on. The source of the problem has not been identified, but DuckDuckGo said its team is 'working on fixing this outage' and thanked users for their patience. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page